MTC

My little brother Alex went in to the MTC this week on Wednesday (my baby's all grown up... sniff). Seriously though, I cried my eyes out. Mostly I held it together while we were dropping him off, then I lost it in the car while we drove away. So, before I get all teary again, here are pictures from everything. He got to come up and spend a couple days with us before the MTC.

We took him to Temple Square first since he'd never been:

In the Tabernacle:

In the Conference Center:

On the Conference Center roof:

With the Christus statue in the visitor center:

After our big morning at Temple Square (and Alex's first experience flying; he'd been up since 3am, poor guy):

Right before I made him laugh and spit toothpaste all over the kitchen sink:

Wednesday! Just minutes before we dropped him off at the MTC:

This is going in to the MTC, just to orient yourself a bit:

These little stations were where families dropped off their missionaries. There were missionaries waiting at the stations to help out the new comers; they'd take their luggage and show them around, get them where they were going, etc. It was a really neat system. 

Sigh. I'm so proud of that guy. Hungary! Can you believe it? In three months, Alex will be in Budapest. So cool. I left the pictures all their original size in case you want to click on them and save 'em (family :)

Happy Mother's Day all! And in honor of my dear mother:

Love you Mom! Thanks for being so awesome :)